Quote:I definitely believe in him, I just don't believe all the nonsense Christians do, which as that info shows is stuff they just copied from other religions anyway and tacked it onto the tale of Jesus.
And a differring account is tacked on to that by Islam...Chinese whispers.
Quote:It's interesting how so many religions draw on older traditions.
I wouldn't mock a religion simply because it has older roots. They all do.
I truly believe that the foundations of religions were factually and scientifically based on logic.
However, as human nature is corruptive, the intitial truth has been twisted to suit personal gains.
Although I think that there are some flaws in the information provided in this video link, there is a lot of logic in the way that they express the true meaning of religious stories.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2740987755232169561#My opinion is that for the time, religious stories were a great way of furthering knowledge of the movement of the planets, the seasons, the time to hoard and the time to grow.
If you want to remember something important, then placing facts into a story will definitely help you to do so.
I think that this Pt.1 of Zeitgeist (although it may not be entirely factual) highlights the relationships of past religions and the real logic which was being ultruistically conveyed at the time.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2740987755232169561#No it's not meant to be mean to religions, it's just a ..what if?
What if religious stories are an allegory for the movement of the planets? Is that so bad?
Is it not in the name of greater understanding?i